Buckle.



GIG. PRYETT.

BUCKLE.

APPLIOATION FILED M2122, 191a.

' 1,083,678. Patented-Jan. 6, 1914.

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To allwhom, it may concern:

Be known that I, CHAR ES G. F Yn'rr,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Orient, in the county of Ferry and State of ashington, have invented a new and useful Buckle, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention'appertains to buckles or clasps and aims to provide a novel and improved buckle devoid of the usual tongue and eliminating with the use of holes or apertures in the strap buckle thereby.

It is the object of the present invention to provide a buckle of the character indicated,

embodying an eccentric or cam adapted to clamp the strap in engagement with the I buckle, in connection with means for locking the eccentric.

It is also the object of the present invention to provide a device of the nature indicated which shall be comparatively simple, compact, durable and inexpensive in construction as well as eflicient, convenient and serviceable in its use.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter de scribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

The invention has been illustrated its preferred embodiment in the accompanying drawing, wherein I Figure 1 is a plan view of the buckle. Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the buckle.

lln carrying out the invention, reference being had in detail to the drawing, there is provided a base plate or frame 5 preferably although not necessarily stamped from sheet metal and having the side flanges 6. The flanges 6 are tapered from one end of the base 5 to the other and the end of the base 5 adjoining the butt or widest ends of the flanges 6 is refleXed or curled back into a bead 7 between the flanges 6.. The other end of the base 5 is provided with a loop 8 for the attachment of one of the straps to the buckle, the other strap being adapted to slide snugly between the flanges and against the base 5. An eccentric 9 is disposed Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed fljarcl 22, 1913. Serial No. 7156,2157.

Patented Jan. 6, 1914..

snugly; between the butt ends of the flanges 6'and'1s pivoted thereto by means of a rivet or pivot pin 10 terminally engaged to the flanges 6 and passing through the eccentric 9. The eccentric 9 is provided with a le'ver 11, which is preferably flat and coextensive in width with the eccentric 9 so as to swing snugly between the edges of the flanges 6.

The lever 11 is provided at its free end with a V-shaped log 12 projecting outwardly, the outer face'13 of which serves as a cam and is provided with a lateral notch or groove 14 therein.

'A resilient wire bail or lockin member 15 has its ends pivoted through t e tip or smallest ends of the flanges 6, the ends of the bail being preferably headed or riveted through the flanges so that the bail may be swung into and out of engagement with the lug 12. 4

The base 5 may be provided with the side loops 16 when the buckle is employed in connection with a tug or trace, the loops being omitted when not necessary or when plate 5, and another strap 18 fits between the flanges 6 and against the base 5. The strap 17, as illustrated, may be a tug billet attached to the hame of a harness, and the strap 18 may be the tug or trace proper which is to be buckled to the billet. The loops 16 are for the attachment of the back and belly bands as will be apparent, and if the buckle is otherwise employed, the loops may be eliminated.

When the lever 11 is liberated, the eccentric 9 may be swung outwardly, so that the strap 18 may be adjusted within the flanges 6 as desired, and then by swinging the lever 11 inwardly, the eccentric 9 will clamp the strap 18 against the base 5 and bead 7 The bail 15 may be swung over the cam face 13 of the lug 12 so as to snap or spring into the notch l l, thereby locking the eccentric An important feature resides in the fact that the pivotal point of the bail lies within the path of the free end ofthe lever, in order that the intermediate portion or bend of the bail is adapted to swing upwardly into engagement over the free end of the lever when the lever is swung against the respective end of the base plate. Thus, the intermediate portion or bend of the bail is adapted to ride upon the cam face of-the lug 12 to effectively clamp the free end of the lever against the base plate.

The present buckle may be employed for divers purposes, as will be apparent, and V avoids the employment of the usual tongue,

and the necessary holes or openings in the strap for the insertion of the tongue.

The present device permits the strap to be buckled and unbuckled with ease and des patch, and without injuring the same.

Having thus described the invention,

What is claimed as new is 2-- i In a buckle, a base plate having side flanges, an eccentric pivoted between the flanges and having a lever, the lever having a lug at its free end and the outer face of the lug forming a cam and having a notch,

and a bail pivoted to the flanges at its ends and being adapted to'snap into engagement with the said notch, the pivotal point of the bail lying within the path of the free end CHARLES G, FRYETT.

Witnesses:

NATHANIEL B. SHIELDS, P. H. BLoM. 

